Finger on the pulse, Sammo, here are the top 12 tracks I heard in 2025. Not stuff that came out in 2025, but stuff that I heard for the first time in 2025.
In no particular order...
- John Martyn - Please Fall in Love with Me [1981]
- Van Morrison - Dweller on the Threshold [1982]
- Il Quadro di Troisi - Non Ricordi [2020]
- Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing [2024]
- LCD Soundsystem - Home (Tom Sharkett Edit) [2025]
- Capone - Music Love Song [1979]
- Robyn - Dopamine [2025]
- SOPHIE - Is It Cold in the Water? [2018]
- SOPHIE - Immaterial [2018]
- Snooper - Pom Pom [2025]
- Earl Sweatshirt - 2010 [2021]
- Clipse - P.O.V. feat. Tyler, The Creator [2025] (this is also my music video of the year)
Mix of the year
Brava & Teki Latex on Rinse France - 30 October 2025.
Special shout-out to the Jam City XLR8R mix from 2011 that I found on an old pen drive too.
Gig of the year
The Futureheads at SWX, Bristol - February 2025.
Album of the year
Maybe the Polygon Window re-issue? Or the Metronomy greatest hits? Yeah, I didn't really listen to or buy many new albums over 2025.
Actually, I did get OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES, definitely listened to that more than anything else in 2025, so SOPHIE gets it.
